2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题试卷(第二套)

1、大学英语四级考试 COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST -Band Four -得到监考老师指令前，不得翻阅该试题册！Part I Writing (30 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then commen

2、t on the kid ' s understanding of going to school. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.请用黑色签字笔在答题卡1指定区域作答作文题，在试题册上的作答无效。“Why am I going to school if my phone already knows every thing?*Part II Listening Comprehension (30minutes)Section ADirections : In this section, yo

3、u will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four

4、choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 1 with a single line through the center.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1. A) He will give the woman some tips on the game.B) The woman has good reason to quit the game.C) He is willing to pla

5、y chess with the woman.D) The woman should go on playing chess.2. A) The man can forward the mail to Mary.B) She can call Mary to take care of the mail.C) Mary probably knows Sally s new address.D) She would like to resume contact with Sally.3. A) His handwriting has a unique style.C) He did not att

6、end today s class.8) His notes are not easy to read.D) He is very pleased to be able to help.4. A) The man had better choose another restaurant.B) The new restaurant is a perfect place for dating.C) The new restaurant caught her fancy immediately.D) The man has good taste in choosing the restaurant.

7、5. A) He has been looking forward to spring.B) He has been waiting for the winter sale.C) He will clean the woman s boots for spring.D) He will help the woman put things away.6. A) The woman is rather forgetful.B) The man appreciates the woman s help.C) The man often lends books to the woman.D) The

8、woman often works overtime at weekends.7. A) Go to work on foot.C) Start work earlier than usual.8) Take a sightseeing trip. D) Take a walk when the weather is nice.8. A) The plane is going to land at another airport.B) All flights have been delayed due to bad weather.C) Temporary closing has distur

9、bed the airport s operation.D) The airport s management is in real need of improvement.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you just heard .9. A) It specializes in safety from leaks.C) It has a partnership with LCP.8) It is headquartered in London.D) It has a chemical processing plant.10.

10、 A) He is Mr. Grand s friend.B) He is a safety inspector.C) He is a salesman.D) He is a chemist.11. A) Director of the safety department.B) Mr. Grand s personal assistant.C) Head of the personnel department.D) The public relations officer.12. A) Wait for Mr. Grand to call back.B) Leave a message for

11、 Mr. Grand.C) Provide details of their products and services.D) Send a comprehensive description of their work.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) She learned playing the violin from a famous French musician.B) She dreamed of working and living in a European c

12、ountry.C) She read a lot about European musicians and their music.D) She listened to recordings of many European orchestras.14. A) She began taking violin lessons as a small child.B) She was a pupil of a famous European violinist.C) She gave her first performance with her father.D) She became a prof

13、essional violinist at fifteen.15. A) It gave her a chance to explore the city.B) It was the chance of a lifetime.C) It was a great challenge to herD) It helped her learn classical French music.Section BDirections : In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will

14、 hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marketed A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 1 with a single line through the center.注意： 此部分试题请在答题卡 1

15、上作答。Passage oneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) There are mysterious stories behind his works.B) There are many misunderstandings about him.C) His works have no match worldwide.D) His personal history is little known.17. A) He moved to Stratford-on-Avon in his c

16、hildhood.B) He failed to go beyond grammar school.C) He was a member of the town council.D) He once worked in a well-known acting company.18. A) Writers of his time had no means to protect their works.B) Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire.C) His works were adapted beyond recogni

17、tion.D) People of his time had little interest in him.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) Theft.B) Cheating.C) Air crash.D) Road accidents.20. A) Learn the local customs. B) Make hotel reservations.C) Book tickets well in advance. D) Have the right docum

18、ents.21. A) Contact your agent.B) Get a lift if possible.C) Use official transport.D) Have a friend meet you.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) Cut down production cost. C) Specialise in gold ornaments.8) Sell inexpensive products. D) Refine the taste

19、 of his goods.23. A) At a national press conference.B) During a live television interview.C) During a local sales promotion campaign.D) At a meeting of top British businesspeople.24. A) Insulted.B) Puzzled.C) Distressed.D) Discouraged.25. A) The words of some businesspeople are just rubbish.B) He wh

20、o never learns from the past is bound to fail.C) There should be a limit to one s sen.se of humourD) He is not laughed at, that laughs at himself first.Section CDirections : In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully

21、 for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Looking at the basic biological systems

22、, the world is not doing very well. Yet economic indicators show the world is (26). Despite a slow start at the beginning of the eighties, global economic output increased by more than a fifth during the (27). The economy grew, trade increased, and millions of new jobs were created. How can biologic

23、al indicators show the (28)of economic indicators?The answer is that the economic indicators have a basic fault: they show no difference between resource uses that (29) progress and those uses that will hurt it. The main measure of economic progress is the gross national product (GNP). (30), this to

24、tals the value of all goods and services produced and subtracts loss in value of factories and equipment. Developed a half-century ago, GNP helped (31)a common way among countries of measuring change in economic output. For some time, this seemed to work (32)well, but serious weaknesses are now appe

25、aring. As indicated earlier, GNP includes loss in value of factories and equipment, but it does not (33) the loss of natural resources, including nonrenewable resources such as oil or renewable resources such as forests.This basic fault can produce a (34) sense of national economic health. According

26、 to GNP, for example, countries that overcut forests actually do better than those that preserve their forests. The trees cut down are counted as income but no subtraction is made for (35)the forests.Part III Reading Comprehension (40minutes)Section ADirection : In this section, there is a passage w

27、ith ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making choices. Each choice in the bank is identificated by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on

28、Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.As a teacher, you could bring the community into your classroom in many ways. The parents and grandparents of your students are reso

29、urces and 36 for their children. They can be _37 teachers of their own traditions and histories. Immigrant parents could talk about their country of38 and why they emigrated to the United States. Parents can be invited to talk about their jobs or a community project. Parents, of course, are not the

30、only community resources. Employees at local businesses and staff at community agencies have 39 information to share in classrooms.Field trips provide another opportunity to know the community. Many students don' Have the opportunity to 40 concerts or visit museums or historical sites except thr

31、ough field trips. A school district should have 41 for selecting and conducting field trips. Families must be made 42 of field trips and give permission for their children to participate.Through school projects, students can learn to be 43 in community projects ranging from planting trees to cleanin

32、g up a park to assisting elderly people. Students, 44 older ones, might conduct research on a community need that could lead to action by a city council or state government. Some schools require students to provide community service by 45 in a nursing home, child care center or government agency. Th

33、ese projects help students understand their responsibility to the larger community.14注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A) assets B) attend C) aware D) especially E) excellentF) expensiveG) guidelinesH) involvedI) joiningJ) naturallyK) observeL) originM) recruitedN) up-to-dateO) volunteeringSection BDirections : In

34、this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer

35、 the question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Reaping the Rewards of Risk-takingA Since Steve Jobs resigned as chief esecutive of Apple, much has been said about him as a peerless corporate leader who has created immense wealth for shareholders, and guided the design of hit pro

36、ducts that are transforming entire industries, like music and mobile communications.B All true, but let s think different, to borrow the Apple marketing slogan of years back. Letlook at Mr. Jobs as a role model.C Above all, he is an innovator （创新者）. His creative force is seen in products like the iP

37、od,iPhone and iPad, and in new business models for pricing and distributing music and mobile software online. Studies of innovation come to the same conclusion: you can etngineer innovation, but you can increase the odds of it occurring. And Mr. Jobs csareer can be viewed as a consistent pursuit of

38、improving those odds, both for himself and the companies he has led. Mr. Jobs, of course, has enjoyed singular success. But innovation, broadly defined, is the crucial ingredient in all economic progress higher growth for nations, more competitive products for companies, and more prosperous careers

39、for individuals. And Mr. Jobs, many experts say, exemplifies what works in the innovation game.D “ We canlook at and learn from Steve Jobs what the essence of American innovation is, ” says John Kao, an innovation consultant to corporations and governments. Many other nations, Mr. Kao notes, are now

40、 ahead of the United States in producing what are considered the raw materials of innovation. These include government financing for scientific research, national policies to support emerging industries, educational achievement, engineers and scientists graduated, even the speeds of Internet broadba

41、nd service.E Yet what other nations typically lack, Mr. Kao adds, is a social environment that encourages diversity, experimentation, risk-taking, and combining skills from many fields into products that he calls “ recombinantmash-ups, （打碎重组）”like the iPhone, which redefined thesmartphone category.

42、“ The culture of other countries doesn t support the kind of innovationthat Steve Jobs exemplifies, as America does,” Mr. Kao says.F Workers of every rank are told these days that wide-ranging curiosity and continuous learning are vital to thriving in the modern economy. Formal education matters, ca

43、reer counselors say, but real-life experience is often even more valuable.G An adopted child, growing up in Silicon Valley, Mr. Jobs displayed those traits early on. He was fascinated by electronics as a child, building Heathkit do-it-yourself projects, like radios. Mr. Jobs dropped out of Reed Coll

44、ege after a semester and trekked around India in search of spiritual enlightenment, before returning to Silicon Valley to found Apple with his friend, Stephen Wozniak, an engineering wizard （奇才）.Mr. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, went off and founded two other companies, Next and Pixar, befor

45、e returning to Apple in 1996 and becoming chief executive in 1997.H His path was unique, but innovation experts say the pattern of exploration is not unusual.“ It s often people like Steve Jobs who can draw from a deep reservoir of diverse experience that generate breakthrough ideas and insights, sa

46、” ys Hal B. Gregersen, a professor at the European Institute of Business Administration.I Mr. Gregersen is a co-author of a new book, “ TheInnovator DNsA” （Harvard BusinessSchool Press）, based on an eight-year study of 5,000 entrepreneurs （创业者） and executives worldwide. His two collaborators and co-

47、authors are Jeff Dyer, a professor at Brigham Young University, and Clayton M. Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School, whose 1997 book “The Innovator ' s Dilemma " popularized the concept of （颠覆 “disruptive 性的） innovation. ”J The academics identify five traits that are comm

48、on to the disruptive innovators: questioning, experimenting, observing, associating and networking. Their bundle of characteristics echoes the ceaseless curiosity and willingness to take risks noted by other experts. Networking, Mr. Gregersen explains, is less about career-building relationships tha

49、n a search for new ideas. Associating, he adds, is the ability to make idea-producing connections by linking concepts from different disciplines.K “ Innovators engage in these mental activities regularly,” Mr. Gregersen says. “ ItInnovative companies, according to the authors, typically enjoy higher

50、 valuations in the stock market, which they call ana innovation premium . " It is calculated by estimatingtheshare of a company s value that cannot be accounted for by its current products and cash flow.The innovation premium tries to quantify （量化）investors bets that a company will doeven bette

51、r in the future because of innovation.L Apple, by their cal culations, had a 37 percent innovation premium during Mr. Jobs s first stintwith the company. His years in exile resulted in a 31 percent innovation discount. After his return, Apple s fortunes improved gradually at first, and improved mark

52、edly startinng2i005, yielding a 52 percent innovation premium since then.M There is no conclusive proof, but Mr. Gregersen says it is unlikely that Mr. Jobs could have reshaped industries beyond computing, as he has done in his second stint at Apple, withoutthe experience outside the company, especi

53、ally at Pixar the computer-animation studioToy Storthat created a string of critically and commercially successful movies, likeUp.N Mr. Jobs suggested much the same thing during a commencement address to the graduatingclass at Stanford in 2005.“ It turned out that getting fired from Apple was the be

54、st thing thatcould have ever happened to me, ” he told the students. Mr. Jobs also spoke of perseverance.“ Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick,” he said. “ Don t lose faith. ”O Mr. Jobs ended his commencement talk with a call to innovation, in one s choice of work ain life. Be curious,

55、experiment, take risks, he said. His admonition was punctuated by the words on the back of the final edition of “ The Whole Earth Catalog, ” which he quoted:“ Stayhungry. Stay foolish. ” “ And, ” Mr. Jobs said, “ I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish th

56、at for you.”注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。46. Steve Jobs called on Stanford graduates to innovate in his commencement address.47. Steve Jobs considered himself lucky to have been fired once by Apple.48. Steve Jobs once used computers to make movies that were commercial hits.49. Many governments have done more

57、than the US government in providing the raw materials for innovation.50. Great innovators are good at connecting concepts from various academic fields.51. Innovation is vital to driving economic progress.52. America has a social environment that is particularly favorable to innovation.53. Innovative

58、 ideas often come from diverse experiences.54. Real-life experience is often more important than formal education for career success.55. Apple s fortunes suffered from an innovation discount during Job s absence.Section CDirections : There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the bes